Captain America Returns! (sort of) for Veterans Day


Captain America may not be back from the dead, but he’s back — sort of. After Marvel Comics unexpectedly killed off the champion of liberty and the American way earlier this year, he appears in a comic made exclusively for U.S. soldiers. He is seen on a videotape made before his death.

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Captain America is not being resurrected in “Spirit of America,” said Bob Sabouni, Marvel’s vice president of business development.

But when AAFES asked Marvel officials to include the hero in the latest military issue to be released before Veterans Day, they agreed because no other character better symbolizes the heroism and patriotism of the American soldier, Sabouni said.

(via yahoo news)